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Pulp vs Shea - What's the difference?

pulp | shea |

As nouns the difference between pulp and shea

is that pulp is a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter while shea is a tree () indigenous to africa, occurring in mali, cameroon, congo, côte d'ivoire, ghana, guinea, togo, nigeria, senegal, sudan, burkina faso and uganda.

As an adjective pulp

is (fiction) of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

As a verb pulp

is to make, or be made into pulp .

pulp

English

(wikipedia pulp)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
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  • , year = 1997 , monthday = July 22 , author = Eric Gimlin , email = , title = Re: Annual theme '98 , id = 33D504B4.105@swbell.net , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.dc.universe/h6fDoLuqLi4/pgvPYWi2DZIJ , group = rec.arts.comics.dc.universe }}
    The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.
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  • , year = 2003 , monthday = January 3 , author = Mark Wheatley , email = , title = Re: PULP 2003 READING , id = 3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.pulp/lPi5SkZJfHo/KeinLoXh5_4J , group = alt.pulp }}
    Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young and early in his career, he is far more "pulp " than Asimov - and remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  • A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter]] and being characteristically [[print, printed on rough, unfinished paper.
  • The soft center of a fruit
  • The soft center of a tooth
  • A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
  • Mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
  • Derived terms

    * beat to a pulp * pulp chamber * pulpaceous * pulpal * pulpament * pulpectomy * pulpify * pulpily * pulpless * pulp mill * pulpous * pulpotomy * pulpwood * pulpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, or be made into pulp
  • To beat to a pulp.
  • Derived terms

    * pulper

    shea

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • transferred from the surname.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • Anagrams

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